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Management (120 Hours)

The Management major has been developed for students interested in pursuing a career as a professional manager. In addition to learning vital management skills such as planning, organizing, leadership, and controlling, students will gain marketable skills by choosing one of two tracks. The Human Resource Management (HRM) track provides skills in areas such as selection, training, motivating, evaluating, and compensating employees. The Innovation and Change (I&C) track provides skills in areas such as managing innovation in networks and teams and managing organizational change processes.

Graduation RequirementsA minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 in all Carson College of Business (CCB) courses required for the major is required for graduation. The calculation will only count WSU business courses that are taught by the CCB including HBM courses. Economic Sciences courses or any other courses outside the college are not included.

Management majors are required to complete a minimum of 9 upper-division business courses in residence. Students within the College of Business must complete an International Experience Requirement option, see catalog for more information.

First Year

First Term

Hours

Biological Sciences [BSCI] or SCIENCE 101 [SCI]1

3 or 4

ECONS 101 [SSCI] or 102 [SSCI]

3

ENGLISH 101 [WRTG]

3

Humanities [HUM]

3

MATH 201 2

3

Second Term

Hours

ECONS 101 or 102

3

HISTORY 105 [ROOT]

3

MATH 202 [QUAN]3

3

MIS 250

3

Physical Sciences [PSCI] or SCIENCE 102 [SCI]1

4 or 3

Second Year

First Term

Hours

ACCTG 230

3

Creative & Professional Arts [ARTS]

3

Diversity [DIVR]

3

SOC [SSCI] or PSYCH [SSCI]4

3

Non-Business Electives5

3

Second Term

Hours

ACCTG 231

3

B LAW 210

3

COM 102 [COMM] or H D 205 [COMM]

3 or 4

MGTOP 2156

4

POL S Elective

3

Complete Writing Portfolio

Consider studying abroad this summer7

Third Year

First Term

Hours

FIN 325

3

I BUS 380

3

MGMT 301

3

MGTOP 340

3

MKTG 360

3

Second Term

Hours

MGMT 401 [M]

3

MGMT 483 [M] (I&C Track) or MGMT 450 (HRM Track)

3

MGMT 487

3

MGMT (I&C) or (HRM) Track Electives8

3

Non-Business Electives 5

3

Fourth Year

First Term

Hours

300-400-level Business Elective9

3

ENGLISH 402 or 403

3

MGMT 456 (HRM Track) or ENTRP 489 (I&C Track)

3

Non-Business Electives 5

6

Second Term

Hours

300-400-level Business Elective9

3

MGMT 491 [CAPS] or ENTRP 492 [CAPS]

3

Non-Business Electives 5

7

Footnotes

1

For a total of 7 credits—one Biological Science [BSCI] and one Physical Science [PSCI] course, including one lab course, or 8 credits of [SCI] designated courses. (SCIENCE 101 [SCI] is offered Fall semester and is a prerequisite for SCIENCE 102 [SCI], which is offered Spring semester.)

2

MATH 201 will be waived with the completion of MATH 202 or equivalent.

3

Alternative to MATH 202 is MATH 171, 140 or 206.

4

Required for the major.

5

Non-Business courses to equal 60 credit hours.

6

MATH/STAT 212 will be accepted as alternative to MGTOP 215 for transfer students.

7

All students must complete the International Experience Requirement. Options for completing the requirement can be found in the Carson College of Business Academic Unit section of the catalog under Business. Students should consult with their advisor to determine the best option.